O’Donnell’s endorsements

She may behind Andrew Cuomo in the polls but state attorney general candidate Denise O’Donnell is slowly gathering steam in the form ofÂ Democratic county endorsements – albeit from low-population counties.Â

O’Donnell swamped CuomoÂ 77-7 in the Putnam County Democratic Committee,Â according to her campaign, and also beat him in the Columbia County. Together (with the usual caveat of all committee members voting together), these two counties account for 0.70 of the weighted state committee vote.

O’Donnell also has endorsements of county committees in Broome, Rensselaer, Chautauqua and Erie counties. By my count, that’s 8.62 percent – still far off the 25 percent threshhold.

Additionally, Schenectady City Council members Barbara Strangefield and Barbara Blanchard have endorsed O’Donnell as has state committee member Sharon Jordan.

The key question is: Is this mini-surge coming too late?

Cuomo is pushing the 50 percent mark of weighted vote support, insiders say. If he passes that in the first round of balloting, there won’t be a lot of wiggle room for No. 2 of 5, Mark Green, much less anyone else.